The Crystal Ball: WWDC 2014

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Here we are, less than 9 hours of the Keynote of the Worldwide Developers Conference, where Apple will reveal some of the surprises in which have been working since last year. Excited? At least I I am, and that I have a crystal ball that allows me to see, in general terms and with some margin of error, which will present Apple:

Let's see what the future holds... yes, I see Tim Cook taking the stage to catch up on the latest figures from the iOS app store... Wow, over 75,000 million downloads already? 1,100,000 available Apps? Not bad, not bad. The Mac is also doing very well, and the new apple stores have looked great.

Yosemite OS X is the next thing I seem to discern and to Jonathan Ive worked on his aesthetic. If you liked the design of iOS 7 you will love this. Quite reminiscent of the iCloud web but have been allowed the luxury of adding some effects and animations really striking. Wait, yes, I see... finally AirDrop will be compatible with iOS function. No more, send messages to pass something to the iPhone. Yes, wait until fall will be long.

The new MacBook Pros available today, sorry, tomorrow, at the Apple Store also appears quite intensively in my view, although the Mac Mini and the iMac will still take longer to receive their deserved update.

The following is iOS 8, ​​the next version of the mobile operating system apple comes without great aesthetic changes but further refinement of the marked line on iOS 7 and new features to get more out of both the Control Center and the Center Notifications . HealthBook will be one of my new series, and health become a key issue due to information compiled by the coprocessor M7 and future versions.

They also seem to have a system to use multiple apps simultaneously at least in the iPad. Siri is another of the strengths of the presentation, I think ... yes, finally opening a path for developers to integrate their apps features in the wizard voice. The first example of this integration will be Shazam for song recognition, but not the only one.

Finally, I see flashes of something called iWatch, a new version of AppleTV also more open to developers with its own app store, and a platform for home automation based on iOS ... but everything is very blurry and perhaps I will be arriving interference. Oh! The vision has been interrupted, I am exhausted, better not force the ball.

Test Healthbook concept

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Healthbook is one of the developments that are expected to arrive with iOS version 8. The application would be the data center that would unify all the information related to health. From the activity, sleep, food and even other data such as heart rate, Cholesterol. Sure, as long as the rumors and information "leaked" is true.

As we have seen physical mockups of supposed iPhone 6, a user has created a prototype of how it would Healtbook. An application with an interface based on cards like Passbook and that there is little more to tell until you really know what will be monitored.



You can also try the app healthbook concept in the following website

iPhone 6 ... 1704x960 pixels?

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All indications are that the next iPhone 6 will see significant changes in the display. It is speculated by the arrival of two models of 4.7 and 5.5 inches. 

According to 9to5mac, who refer to sources that are testing the new phone, Apple will use a resolution of 1704x960 pixels in their next phone, strange for conventional world but logic within the Apple ecosystem. Keep the same format including iPhone 5 and 5S, which would imply that the adaptation of applications to the new resolution. 

This resolution would be shared with the two phone sizes, 4.7 and 5.5 inches, and would be above 300 dpi that Apple requires to consider a Retina Display screen. They would be 416 and 356 dpi respectively, even above 326 ppi that Apple has been using for the iPhone 4. 

It seems that Apple will raise the screen size of the next iPhone 6, and logic tells us that with this increase will also increase the resolution. These 1704x960 pixels fall within the logic, but of course we have to consider having a lot of speculation. Surely in the next WWDC 2014 (2-6 June) it unveil a new feature of iOS 8, and perhaps also with him some new feature of the iPhone 6 is leaking, hopefully confirming many of the things that have been rumored in the recent months. Maybe some new feature of the iPhone 6 is also leaking in the coming days. 

The fake rumor more shared on the internet

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If you have been aware of the rumors of Apple in recent weeks, you know that one you described EarPods next generation of biometric sensors to provide our vital constant in HealthBook. Everything came from a message posted in Secret, an application that allows uploading secrets anonymously and has already been the trigger of important news in the tech world. Well, it turns out that the author of that message has admitted that it is all an invention. 

The user has admitted it in Secret, through a Tumblr blog created exclusively for this purpose. The rumor was invented while sitting on the toilet, the first of May, "a headache" and "concerned about his blood precise tolerance." Why? Simply because I had found a good place for a laugh protecting anonymity, without being aware of the relevance.

A false rumor spread by all media

But the media did not take the rumor as a joke: spread through all the covers of the specialized media, with the chance that had real data to support the rumor: headphones with sensors is something that has already been investigated in the laboratories of Cupertino, and has even been hiring personnel about . A fake, but with arguments that can be real.

Nobody has done anything illegal: many experts have just as valid a fake message that stated in Secret. And so, the author of all this mess apologizes publicly on his Tumblr for misleading the public and to believe that Apple. Not to complicate matters, the cause will remain anonymous.

Is Apple starting to fill iOS with bloatware?

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One of the first computers I remember used was a Performa 460, which saw the first with color screen, I was like 7 or 8 years. It was very small and did not remember why we switched to Windows, but what I know that they were not "dark years" as some have called the period of dominance by Microsoft. 

During those years in Windows and as an adult, passed through my hands several laptops before returning to Mac, Toshiba, Asus, HP and Compaq, excluding the company that was also a HP and Dell. 

The truth is I've had enough complaints of all laptops, and some quite large. Format Each year, computers which lasted 3-4 years, countless hang up, famous blue screen, Ctrl + Alt + Sup worn ... not to mention disastrous designs dissipated heat directing the charger cable, melting it literally. 

Besides this, there was something that always bothered me about them: the bloatware. It was impossible to dodge, I'd purchased a new laptop or restaurabas and you were there those "useless" programs.

Some were useful as antivirus or Office (yes, test) but then there were others who were rubbish, like Dell multimedia software and application bar at the top of the screen. Instead start using the computer immediately, you spent half an hour or more uninstalling the trash that came pre-installed by the manufacturer. That software "useless" without thinking about if brought or not value to the end user.

When I have a Mac, this situation changed. Computer and operating system were designed and created by a single company that shared the same interests and that did not differentiate their computers with empty programs. It was a change for the better I appreciated greatly.

The bloatware in the era of the smartphone and tablet

In this Post-PC era where tablets and smartphones dispute attention to PC, we are experiencing a similar situation regarding the bloatware. Android smartphones in my environment are usually Samsung. I was surprised by the amount of duplicate apps I've found: two mail clients, two apps store...

So much win manufacturers with their bloatware software?

Apps that insurance may uninstall either official or "unofficial" but that involves additional work for anyone who is not a means-advanced user. This situation was accentuated by the Samsung Galaxy S4, which users criticized.

Again and focusing on iOS, Apple delineated this situation on its platform thanks to its control of the hardware and software. Many users stored apps in a folder. It can berate Samsung, a new terminal with 16 GB of storage is saturated by all the duplicate software, but at least you can expand memory.

The evolution of the standard apps on iPhone

I have been in iOS since my first iPhone 3G and have never had the feeling of having to delete apps around first start. However, it may reflect the increase in native Apple app with a new version of its mobile operating system. If we look, we have gone from: 

• iOS 1: 17 native apps on the original iPhone. 
• iOS 7: 25 native apps on the iPhone 5s.

All this to you without obligation to install nearly as iBooks and Find My iPhone, now would be 27 apps. Tallying, we have to every iOS review brings us one to two native apps that can not be removed, with the obvious waste of space.

According to rumors iOS 8 would present "Healthbook" and even the dubious "Preview" and "TextEdit", then we would have 28 or 30 native apps if we have "compulsory". We can also add free iWork, reaching 33 apps.

Will Apple offer some kind of solution so that its terminals are no longer filled with apps or continue "adding value" like it or not the user?

All rumors iOS 8 converted into a very interesting concept video

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Those who follow Apple, we live day to day with all the rumors that appear frequently on new devices, new features in the software or just moves Apple makes one or another trend. Here in weekly Appleismo collect most of these rumors Rumorsfera in our section, but today we want to show an extremely interesting video that shows how it could be really iOS 8. 

Why this video is different from others? Because instead of teaching what the creator of the video would like had iOS 8, actually teaches (as a concept, of course) are the rumors we've been getting so far on all iOS 8 features alleged will. In the video we see Siri to identify songs, Healthbook supported for future iWatch, CarPlay and not being able to use it in the car and the redesigned notification center.

What do you think these concepts? Although aesthetics is started with iOS 7 and many hate (but I love), if the redesign notification center is similar to that seen here and Healthbook runs without iWatch, I personally will be happy with the new characteristics. Let's just hope that is compatible with the iPhone "not so old" (iPhone 4 and above) and fix existing bugs iOS 7.

New iWatch Concept with Flexible Screen and Healthbook

The iWatch could be reality soon and we all want to see with our own eyes. However, while it is official or not, we can see a new iWatch concept, this time designed by Edgar Rios. A really slick design.

We are now in April and as we all rumors point, assuming Apple clock, which we call iWatch will be presented in September. We do not know anything for sure about how it will be, or whether there will finally have the functions.

Despite the lack of official information, small leaks and rumors of both sources inform us that there might be two models, one for men and one for women, although screens are small, have a very good resolution 200 to 300 ppi.

 In addition, other sources claim that Apple is contacting Swiss watchmakers to work on the development of this new gadget. A gadget concepts we've seen more than rumors.

Notifications, Healthbook and iOS 7 in this iWatch

According to the concepts we've seen on the internet, the future of Apple iWatch have round or square screen, buttons and much more or less features. For example, we bring you today, personally do not like too much, but maybe many of you do.

Edgar Rios iWatch been thought to be a rectangular watch with many similar features to the iPhone. Notifications, Healthbook, music player or different clock modes or watchfaces as the Pebble smartwatch are viewing this designer.

Perhaps what I like best is the least likely part of this course iWatch. The watchfaces are perfect for adapting a smartwatch the day, allowing us to customize it to far.

Another characteristic for which the designer is Healthbook bet, the application that Apple has supposedly designed to measure our physical activity and our health. According to many sources suggest, this app would measure the steps we take daily blood pressure or advanced parameters such as blood glucose level.

In my opinion, the more features we link our iWatch more rise in price and probably less battery will last. I'd love to see a simple device, without too many functions and battery, at least 5 days. Is it too much?

And you, do you like this concept? Would you buy it?

WWDC 2014 ¿Qué sorpresas esconderá?

WWDC 2014, del 2 al 6 de Junio, San Francisco

El próximo WWDC 2014 (World Wide Developer Conference) se celebrará del 2 al 6 de Junio en el Moscone West, San Francisco. Como bien sabréis, el WWDC es un evento dedicado a las novedades de los sistemas operativos iOs y OSX, donde se anima a los desarrolladores a potenciar sus aplicaciones, con el fin de permanecer a la vanguardia del voraz mercado de las aplicaciones.

Durante los cuatro días que durará, los desarrolladores participarán de la evolución de iOS y OS X, accederán a nuevas herramientas y tecnologías para crear las aplicaciones y podrán acudir a las más de 100 sesiones especializadas que impartirán más de 1000 ingenieros de Apple.

Esta vez, y para evitar la volatilidad de las plazas, que el año anterior rompió todos los registros, marcando tan solo 120 segundos de disponibilidad, se ha decidido seleccionar a los ganadores por sorteo. Dichos afortunados fueron seleccionado el pasado 7 de abril. Además se sortearán 200 plazas adicionales para estudiantes destacados de todo el mundo.